Master of spies

This memoir by a leading figure in Czechoslovak military intelligence offers a firsthand account of the secret war against Nazi Germany. František Moravec headed Czechoslovak intelligence in the years surrounding the Second World War and later worked in exile in London alongside British intelligence services. In these pages, he recounts the tense prewar period, the dramatic escape of intelligence officers from Prague in 1939, and the complex world of espionage, resistance networks, and covert operations that followed. Written with the authority of an insider, the book sheds light on the moral dilemmas, strategic calculations, and personal risks faced by those operating in the shadows. It provides valuable perspective on the collaboration between Czechoslovak and Allied intelligence and on the broader struggle against totalitarianism in Europe.